I have had to take Sammy in to the vet 3 times since we have moved seven weeks ago. He has a bad case of inappropriate peeing that has escalated to every day.
Short of waking up at 4 a.m. when this happens (because his signal is to loudly scratch the wall in the room where it happens) and following him around with the Urine-off bottle and being incredibly sleep-deprived, Sammy is a fantastic cat - the best! - but this new house we have may have had some dog/cat marking before and shazam....the flood gates have opened. Sam is negative for all tests, he's in perfect health but this is driving us nuts.
So the vet has prescribed 10 mg of Amitriptyline....and I've done some reading on my own and I know there are one or two threads about this in the past for cats who act out and need anti-depressants, but for peeing in a happy cat?
This is a good vet, however, and we've explored everything: no break in household patterns or rythyms, nothing "new" in the house, he loves and dotes on his little sister Saba and still tries to sit on top of Sandy, our dog - Sam's just a pleasure to have around....
I'm feeling kind of ashamed
...that I would even give him meds, he's such a cuddlebutt and a good guy. He's about 10, I adopted him in 2005, so it may be that this type of behavior was never dealt with in his former home, too.
So the vet has prescribed 10 mg of Amitriptyline....and I've done some reading on my own and I know there are one or two threads about this in the past for cats who act out and need anti-depressants, but for peeing in a happy cat?
I'm feeling kind of ashamed